About
Tim Adler is group editor of Small Business, Growth Business and Information Age. He is a former commissioning editor at the Daily Telegraph, who has written for the Financial Times, The Times and the Daily Telegraph. He is the author of three nonfiction books, the most recent of which was reviewed by The Sunday Times as “compulsively readable” and by the Daily Mail as “dazzling”.
Since becoming editor of Small Business in 2019, the website was named alongside the BBC, the Guardian and the Telegraph as a top live blog covering the coronavirus pandemic by journalist trade magazine Press Gazette.
Financing
First two fintechs added to coronavirus emergency loan scheme
OakNorth Bank and Starling Bank are first two fintechs added to the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme to help spread out demand.
News
Two out of five small businesses will run out of cash within six weeks
Small business income expected to drop by 60% in April, with 70% of leisure and hospitality firms seeing revenue at all
Small Business Banking
How is your bank helping your small business through coronavirus?
In addition to the government coronavirus emergency loan scheme, several high street banks are offering additional support to help small businesses get through the crisis
Financing
Government eyes taking equity stakes in tech start-ups
Treasury considering making convertible loans to start-ups with scheme to be managed by Business Growth Fund
News
Sunak overhauls coronavirus small business loans
Banks will no longer be able to push small businesses toward standard business loans ahead of Coronavirus Business Loan Interruption Scheme
News
Nearly 1m businesses on brink of collapse, warn accountants
Over 800,000 small businesses are within four weeks of going bust, unable to get hold of promised coronavirus emergency bank loans
News
Two in five small businesses face closure because of coronavirus
39% of small and medium-sized businesses have either already closed down temporarily or are planning to do so within next month.
Government Grants
Wales announces £500m Economic Resilience Fund
Welsh government announces grants of up to £10,000 for micro-businesses employing up to nine people, including sole traders
Small Business Banking
Banks not cooperating with coronavirus loan, complain small businesses
Banks have been asking small businesses either for personal guarantees to qualify for the government Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan or directing them towards standard loans with high interest rates
News
Boris Johnson forces retail shutdown of thousands of small businesses
Boris Johnson has announced a shutdown of most retailers apart from supermarkets, pharmacies, hardware and pet supply stores; newsagents and corner shops.
Small Business Insurance
Can I claim on my small business insurance for coronavirus?
You may have a small business interruption policy, but will it cover you against coronavirus?
News
What does the latest Treasury stimulus mean for small business?
News, reaction and analysis to chancellor Rishi Sunak's Treasury stimulus package to help small business survive the coronvirus storm over the coming months
